New $2 Bill To Be Presented

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS ¢ 1500 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. ¢ WASHINGTON, D.C. ¢ 20220 © (202) 622-2960

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Lowenthal
September 12, 1996 (202) 622-2960

TREASURY SECRETARY RUBIN TO DISCUSS NEW $2 BILL TODAY

Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin will be presented with a new series $2 bill today
at 11_a.m., marking the first time the $2 bill has been printed since 1979.

Assistant Director Timothy Vigotsky of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing will
present Secretary Rubin with the bill in a ceremony in Room 3330 of the Treasury
Department, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. Today marks the last
day the new 1995 Series bill, bearing Rubin’s signature and that of U.S. Treasurer Mary
Ellen Withrow, will be printed this year. Since July, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
has printed 102 million notes at the request of the Federal Reserve, whose supplies of the
note are running low. The bill was last printed to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial, and bears
a detailed engraving of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the back of the
note with Thomas Jefferson’s portrait on the front.

The new series $2 notes will be delivered to the Federal Reserve and enter circulation
within a few months.

This ceremony will be open to photographers and cameras only. Print media will be
pooled. Media without Treasury, White House, Congressional, Defense or State Department
credentials must call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 622-2960 immediately for clearance
into the Treasury building.

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